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From: KidLoops@aol.com Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 20:04:31 EST Subject: wasteland_of_the_free.crd - By Iris DeMent Wasteland Of The Free - Written By Iris Dement >From The Album "The Way I Should" - Iris DeMent ===================================================== [Intro]
C Am Living in the Gwasteland of the Cfree We got Gpreachers dealin' in politics andC diamond mines And their Gspeech is growing inCcreasingly unkind Am They say they are Christ's disciples But Fthey don't look like Jesus to me And it feels like CI am Gliving in the wastelandC of the free
We got Gpoliticians runnin' races onC corporate cash Now don't tell Gme they don't turn around and Ckiss them people's ass Am Now you may call me old-fashioned But Fthat don't fit my picture of a true democracy And it feels like CI am Gliving in the wastelandC of the free
We got GC E O's makin' two hundredC times the workers pay But they'll Gfight like hell againstC raising the minimum wage Am And if you don't like it mister They'll ship your Fjob to some third world country 'cross the sea And it feels like CI am Gliving in the wastelandC of the free
[Chorus]
F Living in the Gwasteland of the Cfree E Where the poor have now become the eneAmmy F Let's blame our Ctroubles on the weak ones ESounds like some kind of Am Hitler remeFdy Living in the Gwasteland of the frCee
We got Glittle kids with guns fightingC inner-city wars So, what do we Gdo, we put these little Ckids behind prison doors Am And we call ourselves the advanced civilisation F But that sounds like crap to me And it feels like CI am Gliving in the wastelandC of the free
We got Ghigh school kids runnin' 'round inC Calvin Klein and Guess Who cannot Gpass a sixth grade reading Ctest Am But if you ask them, they can tell you F The name of every crotch on MTV And it feels like CI am Gliving in the wastelandC of the free
We kill for Goil then throw aC party when we win Some guy reGfuses to fight and we call Cthat the sin Am But he's standin' up for what he believes in F And that seems pretty damned American to me And it feels like CI am Gliving in the wastelandC of the free
[Chorus]
F Living in the wGasteland of the Cfree E Where the poor have now become the eneAmmy F Let's blame our Ctroubles on the weak ones ESounds like some kind of Am Hitler remeFdy Living in the Gwasteland of the frCee
FWhilst we sit Cgloating in our greatness EJustice is sinking to the Ambottom of the sea F Living in the Gwasteland of the frCee F Living in the Gwasteland of the frCee F Living in the Gwasteland of the frCee
Chords: Am = X02210 C = X32010 E = 022100 F = 133211 G = 355433 Transcribed by Jim Sparrow - 7th Feb 1998 Email: KidLoops@aol.com